we know that mitch mcconnell, harry reid, and john boehner arrived at the white house to meet with the president, see if they can get a deal ppt together. we understand, also, tim geithner, as we see on the graphic there, will be a part of the discussions, and, also, s&p saying, by the way, that the fiscal cliff will not impact the u.s. credit rating, the sovereign rating, as you can see right there. some breaking news for you out of washington. this meeting scheduled somewhere between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. this afternoon. if it goes longer, we'll wait and see whether they come out of the meeting, at least they are meeting. that's what we can is say. power mover of the day, barnes & noble as we said spreading cheer with the stock jumping up 5%, making it the power mover as you see. barnes & noble landing financing. peerson with a 5 #% stake in the digital business. blow the one year chart up a little bit so you can see the stock moving up today. it's been a rough road, clearly for barnes & noble, nook media, part of the barnes & noble area investing in, worth about $89 # million. they are